JAJSUL1A May 2024 – July 2024 DRV8161 , DRV8162
ADVANCE INFORMATION
The DRV816x family of devices integrates high-side and low-side FET gate drivers capable of driving N-channel power MOSFETs in half-bridge configuration. A bootstrap gate drive architecture generates the high-side gate driver voltage during PWM switching. The GVDD pin supplies both high-side and low-side gate drivers and sets the VGS voltage for the FETs.
The DRV816x devices support half-bridge power stage architecture. In addition to the regular 2-pin PWM control interface, the device offers an independent PWM mode by disabling shoot through protection and allowing the high-side and low-side FETs to be controlled independently. Independent FET control is useful for driving solenoids and switched reluctance motors. The DRV8162 and DRV8162L have separate supply pins (GVDD and GVDD_LS) for high-side and low-side FET gate drive. This allows the system to support safe torque off (STO) function by adding external power switches to the gate drive supply pins.